A skinhead is a member of a subculture that originated among working class youths in London, England in the 1960s and then soon spread to other parts of the United Kingdom, and later to other countries around the world.

Originally, the skinhead subculture was primarily based on those elements, not politics or race.

By the early 1970s, the skinhead subculture started to fade from popular culture, and some of the original skins dropped into new categories, such as the suedeheads ( defined by the ability to manipulate one's hair with a comb ), smoothies ( often with shoulder-length hairstyles ), and bootboys ( with mod-length hair ; associated with gangs and football hooliganism ).

In the late 1970s, the skinhead subculture was revived to a notable extent after the introduction of punk rock.

Eventually different interpretations of the skinhead subculture expanded beyond Britain and continental Europe.

In the United States, certain segments of the hardcore punk scene embraced skinhead styles and developed their own version of the subculture.

Traditional skinheads, also known as trads or Trojan skinheads, adopt the style of the original 1960s skinhead subculture.

Tattoos have been popular in the skinhead subculture since at least the 1970s revival.

Skinheads have been known to wear long-sleeve or short-sleeve button-up shirts or polo shirts by brands such as Ben Sherman, Fred Perry, Brutus, Warrior or Jaytex ; Lonsdale or Everlast shirts or sweatshirts ; collarless grandad shirts ; V-neck sweaters ; sleeveless sweaters ; cardigan sweaters or T-shirts ( plain or with text or designs related to the skinhead subculture ).

In the early days of the skinhead subculture, some skinheads chose boot lace colours based on the football team they supported.

The skinhead subculture was originally associated with black popular music genres such as soul, ska, rocksteady and early reggae.

Around this time, some suedeheads ( an offshoot of the skinhead subculture ) started listening to British glam rock bands such as The Sweet, Slade and Mott the Hoople.

The white supremacist ideology has become associated with a racist faction of the skinhead subculture, despite the fact that when the skinhead culture first developed in the United Kingdom in the late 1960s, it was heavily influenced by black fashions and music, especially Jamaican reggae and ska, and African American soul music By the 1980s, a sizeable and vocal white power skinhead faction had formed.

* Redskin ( subculture ), a socialist or communist skinhead

Nick 13 states that while other British youth trends such as scooter riding, the skinhead subculture, and 2 Tone ska crossed over to the United States during the 1980s, psychobilly did not.

* List of books about the skinhead subculture

SHARPs recognise the biracial origins of the skinhead subculture, and resent what they see as the hijacking of the skinhead name by white power skinheads-who are consequently designated as " boneheads " by some SHARPs.

The original skinhead subculture started in the United Kingdom in late 1960s, and had heavy British mod and Jamaican rude boy influences, including a love for ska and soul music.

As the Jamaican diaspora grew in the United Kingdom during the 1960s, rude boy music and fashion, as well as the gang mentality, became a strong influence on the skinhead subculture.

The band espoused an anti-fascist and socialist working class philosophy, and have been associated with the skinhead subculture.

In Jamaica, the hat was popularized by the 1960s " rude boy " subculture, which traveled to the United Kingdom, influencing both the mod and skinhead subcultures.

Due to largescale British migration to Perth, Western Australia, many British youths in that city joined skinhead / sharpies gangs in the late 1960s and developed their own Australian style.

Anti-Racist Action was founded in Minneapolis, Minnesota in the late 1980s by members of the anti-fascist skinhead group Minneapolis Baldies and other activists.

It was not until the skinhead revival in the late 1970s — with the appearance of punk rock-influenced Oi!

The mod and rude boy cultures both influenced the skinhead subculture of the late 1960s.

The skinhead subculture from the late 1960s continued into the 1970s, and some skinheads became influenced by the punk subculture.

They again became popular in the late 1970s and early 1980s with skinhead and mod revivalists, as well as with scooterboys.

Starting in the late 1960s or early 1970s, Crombie-style coats were popular within the skinhead and suedehead subcultures, although very few skinheads would have been able to afford a brand new Crombie coat.

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Suedeheads shared the skinheads ' interest in rocksteady, reggae, soul music and ska, In the late 1970s, a suedehead revival developed following the 1977 skinhead revival.

* Strong Island Boys, a late 1980s-early 90's Long Island street gang originating as a skinhead gang.

He is best known for his novels such as the non-narrative 69 Things to Do with a Dead Princess ( 2002 ), his re-imagining of the 1960s in Tainted Love ( 2005 ), and earlier parodistic pulp fictions Pure Mania, Red London, No Pity, Cunt, and Defiant Pose that pastiche the work of 1970s British skinhead pulp novel writer Richard Allen and combine it with pornography, political agit-prop, and historical references to punk rock and avant-garde art.

" It was later seen in the Zoot suiter of the 1930s and 1940s ; the hipster of the 1940s ; the beatnik and rock and roller of the 1950s ; the mod and skinhead of the 1960s ; the blue-eyed soul of the 1970s ; and the hip hop of the 1980s.

In the 1960s, some British working class youths developed the skinhead subculture, whose members were distinguished by short cropped hair ( although at that time they didn't shave their heads right down to the scalp ).

genre, and some skinheads became involved with far right politics, creating the white power skinhead scene ( despite the fact that the original 1960s skinheads were influenced by black culture ).

Trojan skinheads, influenced by traditional 1960s skinhead culture, are named after Trojan Records, to stress the influence of black Jamaican music and the rude boy style to the skinhead subculture.

The soundtrack features 1960s ska and skinhead reggae acts such as Desmond Dekker and Claudette and the Corporation, and 1970s rock bands such as Roxy Music, Velvet Underground, Iggy & The Stooges and The Skids.

* September 24 – Ian Stuart, singer for white power skinhead band Skrewdriver ( b. 1957 )

Also in 1992, Crowe starred in Romper Stomper, an Australian film which followed the exploits and downfall of a racist skinhead group in blue-collar suburban Melbourne, directed by Geoffrey Wright.

RAC held one concert in 1979 and another in spring 1983, which was headlined by Skrewdriver, a white power skinhead band led by Ian Stuart Donaldson.

Earlier in his career, he had played in other bands, including the band Skrewdriver ( briefly, before their reincarnation as a white power skinhead band, in which he played no part ).

Varggoth has also taken part in the live shows and recordings of the Russian band Temnozor, and has participated in the Polish / Ukrainian white nationalist metal band Warhead, which includes members of Poland's skinhead band Honor.

It marked the turning point in the band's direction from punk to skinhead, mirrored in the song " We Don't Pose ", which was aimed at emerging young punk bands more concerned about image than a message.

The film is split into three sections: Frankie's troubled childhood, his violent adolescence as a ska-loving skinhead who commands a small gang, and a period of change, in which Frankie tries to believe in hope and love.

The term combines the word red, ( a slang term for socialist or communist ) with the word skin, which is short for skinhead.